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I am a freelance photographer. My husband and I work together to turn my photography into art. We do our own printing and matting for fine art pieces, and we work together to make keepsake boxes featuring my photographs. I also do some portrait photography, including family photography, pet photography, weddings, and other special events. My husband and I have been married for 22 years and have two wonderful children who help out with my art, do some art of their own, and are fabulous musicians. Thanks for checking out my website, and I hope you find something you like! Many of my works are listed for sale on Etsy, and I am always available to do commissioned pieces. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

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Graduating in Style!

Steampunk style that is! This proud homeschool Mama just awarded her firstborn with a high school diploma. Of course, since we homeschool, there was no formal graduation with a cap and gown. My son didn’t want all of that hoopla. In fact, he didn’t even want a party, but since my niece was also graduating from high school, and her little sister was graduating from Kindergarten, it was decided that a party must be thrown. So throw one we did. My sister and I went shopping and managed to come up with a pretty good little party for our graduates, if I do say so myself. Pretty good for last minute anyway.

Of course, being a photographer, I couldn’t let them have just any old regular party. We needed something with a little pizzazz that was photo worthy. So with a few things we already had and a few new things, we did this party up steampunk style!

Now my son loves to frequent a local bar with his friends on karaoke night, so we headed over to Celtic Tavern to make arrangements for our little party. The people there are amazing, and they all know my Jonathan, so we had no trouble procuring a table reservation for the evening and setting up our little party. It was even live music night, so we were able to enjoy some guitar pickin’ and singin’ as well. (Live music night is Friday by the way, and karaoke is Saturday…just in case you’re ever in Old Towne Conyers, GA. Just tell the folks at Celtic Tavern that Jonathan’s mom sent ya. They’ll take care of ya.)

(This is Jonathan with Kristen, the beautiful bartender.)

(And this gentleman is Greg, the co-owner of this fine establishment.)

After the grads arrived, I stole them away from the party for a photo session. Old Towne Conyers ended up being a great place for a few Steampunk cosplay shots.

The kids were a little concerned that I was going to get them arrested for climbing up on the side of that building, but no one said anything…except for that guy that hollered something at us when we were on the railroad tracks, and there was that guy on the motorcycle who told my niece she dropped a feather (she was wearing a feather boa). All was well, and we didn’t get into any trouble.

Old Towne Conyers made for a good place to find a few out-of-the-ordinary graduate gifts for our out-of-the-ordinary young adults as well. They film The Originals here, so the town has its share of New Orleans-style curio shops with a witchy, vampire flair. We found our treasures at The Black Cat Curio. The young lady running the shop was super sweet and had lots of stories to tell. And her fellow shopkeepers, Peanut the cat and…well, the other cat whose name I can’t remember…helped us find the perfect gifts for our graduates. The gifts we found had nothing to do with graduation, and they may have seemed a bit odd to most. Our graduates, however, thought they were perfect.

And the rest of the family…well, they were just miffed that we went to the shop without them. My other sister headed out the door with the kiddos after we ate to see if the shop was open. It was closed, unfortunately, so they headed over to Creamberry’s for some yummy ice cream. Our beloved tavern doesn’t have much of a dessert selection, but I’m not too sure how they felt about those crazy people I call family bringing the ice cream in there to eat, and I know how I felt about the fact that they didn’t bother bringing me any! And it was cotton candy flavored! They did let me have a taste, so it was all good.

Ah, but a great time was had by all, and we managed to leave early enough for the regulars to have their bar back for the evening. I’m sure they were quite relieved when our crazy crowd left.

And there was this one thing with wearing the mini-hat like a unicorn horn that I never quite understood.

There are so many great people and places in this area we call home, and I am glad my son got to grow up and graduate here. Now he has the task of choosing what the next chapter of his life will be, and his sister…well, she had so much fun she started making plans for her graduation party which won’t happen for three more years yet.

And before I sign off, I’d like to say:

Congratulations Class of 2015! May the road before you be filled with love and adventure!

About acbutterfly20

I am a freelance photographer. My husband and I work together to turn my photography into art. We do our own printing and matting for fine art pieces, and we work together to make keepsake boxes featuring my photographs. I also do some portrait photography, including family photography, pet photography, weddings, and other special events. My husband and I have been married for 22 years and have two wonderful children who help out with my art, do some art of their own, and are fabulous musicians. Thanks for checking out my website, and I hope you find something you like! Many of my works are listed for sale on Etsy, and I am always available to do commissioned pieces. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!